Mel Brooks

Alive

Born: 6/28/1926 in New York City, New York, USAAge: 92

Full name: Melvin KaminskyNoted For: director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Directed Young Frankenstein (1974); directed, co-wrote, and starred in Blazing Saddles (1974); directed, wrote or co-wrote, starred in, and produced History of the World: Part I (1981), Spaceballs (1987), and Life Stinks (1991). Won an Academy Award for screenwriting for The Producers (1968). Husband of actress Anne Bancroft (1964-2005).